Mission Statement: The Hybrid/Blended Learning Committee is comprised of Harold Washington College faculty and administrators interested in cross-disciplinary pedagogy that effectively blends online and in-person teaching and learning. By reading current literature in the field, taking courses in online pedagogy, and participating in and facilitating professional development activities, the committee strives to foster a supportive, collaborative environment for blended course development, delivery, and evaluation.

Read some info about hybrid/blended courses at HWC.

Meeting Schedule for Fall 2010:

• Monday, September 27th at 3:30 PM in room 608 (meeting notes)
• Monday, October 25th at 3:30 PM in room 608
• Monday, November 29th at 3:30 PM in room 608

Contact: Matt Usner (musner@ccc.edu/x3201/612-B)

Resources: (a growing list below…)

Introductions to Hybrid/Blended Learning and Teaching: Good starting points.

• Charles Graham’s opening chapter from The Handbook of Blended Learning. More on the book here.
• Alan Aycock’s “Getting Started with Blended Teaching and Learning” presentation from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee’s Learning Technology Center (PPT file)
• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee’s site for hybrid course (probably the best one-stop shop for hybrid/blended resources).
• Blended Teaching and Learning page from UC Santa Barbara’s Instructional Development site.
• UIC’s Faculty Resources page for Blended Learning. The site also offers faculty case studies on blended course design. More on UIC’s blended learning initiative.
• Delivery Modes Matrix from Old Dominion University that highlights differences between traditional, online, and hybrid courses.

Course Evaluation Rubrics: These are particularly useful for self and peer-review during the course planning and designing stages. The three rubrics below seem to appear the most often in the literature. Although they focus on fully online courses–not hybrid/blended delivery specifically–most of the criteria are transferable.

• ION’s (Illinois Online Network) QOCI (Quality Online Course Initiative) rubric (links to both a 25-page comprehensive version and a 7-page briefer version).
• Cal State, Chico’s rubric for online instruction (more on CSC’s rubric here).
• Maryland Online’s QM (Quality Matters) rubric (more on QM here).

Hybrid/Blended-Related Posts Elsewhere on the Lounge:

• 11/4/10: Chronicle article on blended courses. Read the full article here.